"waitng is Return of investment to God"

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
                                                            1 THESSALONIANS 5:11

IMPATIENCE IS ONE of the hallmark of life today. The advancement of communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, and texting seem to make our lived busier, and enable ys to carry additional loads. Subsequently, we are mire, or pack more into our ariesbusy schedules.
     For some of us, out impatience cost us dearly, We wantto do the right thing butvend uo doing the wrong thing because we are in a hurry, never considerinh whether guy who couldn't care less about the Christian faith because  we're afraid we may end up single; or we sign on to a business deal that looks lucrative but demand short-cutting integrity.
    Awaiting God's timing lets God settle isdues His way instead of ours. For seven long years David awaited tge fufillment of God's promises that he would be king, and speaking of that experience he said, "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways,  when thet carry out their wicked schemed" (pdalm 37:7). Do you know what "fretting is? It means you sweat and stew when your enemies or adversaries seem to get the break and you are left waiting in uncertainty.
   Waiting is not wasted time; it is a simple act of contrite submission to the truth that God had a plan for your life. It is acknowledging that your clevernesd, your ability to make things hapoen, and your charms ate not enough to get you where you think you ought to go, Then God stepd in, and when He does, there is no question as to who is responsible. Then your heart will cry, "To God be the glory, great thingd He has done." ROI the song say, without expense!

"waitng is Return of investment to God"

Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
                                                            1 THESSALONIANS 5:11

IMPATIENCE IS ONE of the hallmark of life today. The advancement of communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, and texting seem to make our lived busier, and enable ys to carry additional loads. Subsequently, we are mire, or pack more into our ariesbusy schedules.
     For some of us, out impatience cost us dearly, We wantto do the right thing butvend uo doing the wrong thing because we are in a hurry, never considerinh whether guy who couldn't care less about the Christian faith because  we're afraid we may end up single; or we sign on to a business deal that looks lucrative but demand short-cutting integrity.
    Awaiting God's timing lets God settle isdues His way instead of ours. For seven long years David awaited tge fufillment of God's promises that he would be king, and speaking of that experience he said, "Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways,  when thet carry out their wicked schemed" (pdalm 37:7). Do you know what "fretting is? It means you sweat and stew when your enemies or adversaries seem to get the break and you are left waiting in uncertainty.
   Waiting is not wasted time; it is a simple act of contrite submission to the truth that God had a plan for your life. It is acknowledging that your clevernesd, your ability to make things hapoen, and your charms ate not enough to get you where you think you ought to go, Then God stepd in, and when He does, there is no question as to who is responsible. Then your heart will cry, "To God be the glory, great thingd He has done." ROI the song say, without expense!

TO LOVE or NOT to Love

"He who pursue righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor."
                                                                                Proverb 21:21

I  wheeled into the house the other day and had a very biblical experience I felt like Jonah entering the mouth of the whale. The house stank of fish. Mu fisherman husband had caught twenty-two tuna. I glanced into the kitchen and saw my dishes pushed aside to make room for mounds of tuna filets. My heart sank when I noticed tuna blood dripping between the sink and the stove where no sponge can reach.
   I knew what thus meant. tuna noodle casseroles. Fried tuna Grilled, baked, and barbecued tuna. Souffleed and sashimied. Poached and pancaked. And the rest Ken would freeze for later on. My anger began to well.
   That evening Ken barbecue his tuna, fixed his special sauce, cut lemons and parsley, and set my plate before me with a big smile. Even though I hate tuna and was still mad over the less in the kitchen, I decide then and there that love is stronger than the smell of fish. As I forced it down, I realized it is better to please my husband than ti please ly tastebuds.
    Love is lived out that way. Last-minute choiced yhat drcide fir someone else. Quick decisions to lay aside diffferenced and cheer someone on Skin-of-the teeth, under-the-Wire bits of love that say "You means a lot to me." Always love is a choice
     You come up against score of opportunity every day to love or not to lovr. You encounter hundred of small chances to please your friends, delight your Lord, and encourage your family. That's why love and obedience are intimately linked you can' have one without the other.
     I choise to love, Lord I choose to obey. May the small things I do today tell others "Jesus loves you
  

"UNSEEN FORCES"

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principality, against powers, against the ruler of the darkness of this world against spiritual wickedness in the high places.
                                       EPHESIANS 6:12

We are called upon to bind unseen forces. We have authority over the devil and evil spirits. But we do not have authority over our fellow men or their wills.
    Year ago, a pastor friend of mine accompanied me from Fort Worth to a campmeeting. This man had diabetes and he had to check his urine every morning for sugar content to see how much insulin he would need fir his daily injection.
    As we were leaving california, I said, "You won't register any sugar as long as you're with me." He looked at me as if he didn't believe me, but in almost two weeks he was with me, he never registered any sugar, even though he ate pies and cajes. He later told me he was home for three days before he registered sugar again.
   Why? I took authority over his sickness. I had control over unseen forces, but I didn't have control over his will. As long as he was with me, and this unseen firce was in my presence, I could control it. I tried ti convince him he could do the same thing, but he expected it to come back and it did.
confession: I have authority over all unseen firces in my realm of domain. And I bind them and stop their activity in Jesus' name!

"DYING TO SELF"

"I myself no longer live, but Christ lives in me. So I live my life in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who love me and gave himself for me."
                                                                              Galatians 2:20 

What does the word self mean? It is conciousness of being with the capacity of decision. it is represented by our free will and what we decide to do with it. Unredeemed self is harsh and uncompassionate towards others. Self is egotistical and centered on "only me," "everything for me," and "me" first. It is irritable, envious, resistant, critical, arrogant, discontented, and anxious.
    The only way to be victorious over self is to be broken. Then we can spill out our perfume before the Lord, just like the woman who broke the alabaster box did. Jesus was pleased that the woman took costly perfume and poured it out in act of love and humility. By her action, she declared that Jesus was worthy if receiving the best of the best.
    As  followers, we can't just put up a front and pretent to be something we're not. When Jesus Christ comed into our heart, He breaks us of self. Then we can show His character in all that we do.
    Andrew Murray said, "Just like water always seek to fill the lowest places, so also the moment that God finds us humble and empty, He fills us with His glory and power." All we have to do is present oursrlves empty and broken befire Him and then let Him fill us and keep us.
     As we die to self these read Galatians 5:22-23 these fruit will be more more evident in our lives.

THOUGHTFUL PRAISEDi

I remember the days of old; I mediate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands.
                                                                                    Psalm 143:5

Most of us long to praise God more joyfully we do. One common hindrance is that no matter how hard we try, we often don't feel like praising Him.
     Bible teacher Sellwyn Hughes says that God has placed within us three main functions: the will, the feelings, and the thoughts. Our will, he says, has little or no power over our feelings, You can't say, "I am going to feel different," and then accomplish it by sheer willpower. What the feeling do respond to are the thoughts. Qouting another source. Hughes says: "Our feeling follow our thoughts like baby ducks follow their mother." So how can we make our thoughts the leader of our feeling?
    King David showed us the way in Psalm143. Feeling overwhelmed and distressed (v.4). he took time to think about the Lord (v.5). He remembered God's lovingkindness, trustworthiness, and guidance (v.8): His protection and goodness (vv.9-10). His righteousness and mercy (vv.11-12). Once David got going, his feeling began to follow his thoughts
    Name your own blessings daily; contemplate them thoroughtly; speak about them to God and to others. Gradually your concern about feelings will diminish and you'll be  praising God with joy
   Take control of my heart todays, 
keep in filled with joy and praise 
And gratitude for every good
You bestow on all my days.

Liberated to be Rich part 1

For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

 Luke 12:34

FOR THE INDIVIDUAL who believe that his giving was a strictly private matter between God and himself only a lot of what Jesus said when He was on Earth must have been rather disturbing. Fifteen percent of what Jesus said had to do with your possessions and what you do with them. Repeatedly, He urged people to give to the poor and needy.
    Jesus taught that there was a connection between giving away what you have and treasure in heaven. To the man identified as a rich young ruler He said, "One thing you lack Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven"(Mark 10:21).
   Or what of the time Jesus observed the poor widow who put two small copper coins in the temple offering box? "Truly I tell you," He said, this poor widow has put in more than all of them." By " referred to the steady flow of individual who contributed, expecting praise for their generosity.
   On another occasion Jesus talked about a man apparently a good businessman who tore down barns to build bigger ones, and spoke of him as a fool. This man, spiritually improverished,  did not realize that what he accrued would stay on Earth when died
   Shrouds have pockets and heares have no trailers behind them. Your attitude  toward money tellds a great  deal about your true wealth not the stock and bonds you have or the bottom line of Financial statement; but whether or not you are free to give sacrificially and generously so that you may be rich in God's kingdom.